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title: Philips Videopac G7000
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- Consoles
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name: Videopac G7000
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image: /media/museum/photos/philips_g7000_3s.jpg
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logo: /media/museum/logos/philips_videopac_g7000_logo.gif
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company: /companies/philips
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company_name: Philips
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tabs:
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- photos
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- hardware
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- emulators
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- links
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forum_thread: 1050
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photos:
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- title: G7000
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/philips_g7000_3.jpg
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- title: TOP VIEW
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/philips_g7000_2.jpg
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- title: FRONT
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/philips_g7000_4.jpg
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- title: BOX
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/photos/philips_g7000_box.jpg
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hardware:
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- title: VOCAL SYNTHESIZER
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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Extract from [The Odyssey² Homepage](http://www.classicgaming.com/o2home/index.asp) :
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The Voice of Odyssey² was released in 1982, and allows the console to emit realistic voices and sound effects. It is silver, the same color as the console, and fits snugly into the cartridge port. Once installed, an Odyssey² with a Voice looks like a single unit, not two things hooked together. The Voice has a self-contained speaker (the voices do not come out of the television), with a volume control. Regular cartridges will play normally through the Voice unit. Voice modules are uncommon, and every Odyssey² collector wants one, making them somewhat valuable. There is no European version of The Voice. In Brazil, a Voice module was announced but never released (see below).
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image: /media/museum/hardware/magnavox_odyssey2_thevoice_1.jpg
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- title: MOUNTED ON THE SYSTEM
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subtitle: ''
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text: ''
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image: /media/museum/hardware/magnavox_odyssey2_thevoice_mounted.jpg
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emulators:
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- title: Odyssey² Home Page - Emulation Ressource
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url: http://www.classicgaming.com/o2home/media/emulation.asp
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platform: Other platform
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text: This excellent Odyssey² website has a very detailed page about Videopac/Odyssey² emulation
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- title: M.E.S.S.
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url: http://www.mess.org
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platform: Multiplatform
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text: MESS can emulate the Odyssey²
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- title: O2EM
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url: http://o2em.sourceforge.net/
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platform: Multiplatform
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text: Excellent emulator which can play Odyssey²/Videopac as well as Videopac+ games !
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links:
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- title: Classic Consoles Center
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url: http://dieterkoenig.at/ccc/
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text: Excellent site with a lot of interesting info. Very complete Videopac software page too.
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- title: Odyssey 2000
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url: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/3226/ody2000.html
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text: Brazilian website dedicated to videopac, with brazilian box art scans
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- title: Odyssey² FAQ
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url: http://www.digitpress.com/faq/odyssey2.txt
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text: Interesting info
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- title: Odyssey² Home Page
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url: http://www.the-nextlevel.com/odyssey2/
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text: Best Odyssey²/Videopac website ! Everything you wanted to know / see is here !
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- title: Retro Gaming
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url: http://home.wanadoo.nl/naninck/retro/index2.htm
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text: This site explains how to replace your faulty Videopac power switch !
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- title: www.videopac.org
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url: http://www.videopac.org/
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text: Excellent site ! Everything Videopac is here !
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related:
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- /museum/brandt-electronique-ordinateur-de-jeu-jo7400-jopac
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- /museum/continental-edison-saba-ordinateur-video-jeu-jo-1450-jopac
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- /museum/magnavox-odyssey2
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- /museum/philips-videopac-c52
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- /museum/philips-videopac-g7200
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- /museum/siera-g7000
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oc_id: 1080
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230331200759/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1080
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date: '2023-03-31'
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Magnavox (which merged with Philips in 1974) released the [Odyssey²](/museum/magnavox-odyssey2/) in 1978 to compete with brand new cartridge based video game systems like the [Atari VCS](/museum/atari-vcs-2600/), [RCA Studio II](/museum/rca-studio-ii/) or [Fair-Child Electronics Channel-F](/museum/fairchild-channel-f/).
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The Videopac G7000 is the european version of the Magnavox Odyssey². It was sold by Philips and was only available in Europe. Other brands (related to Philips) sold the same system in Europe too : Radiola JET 25, Schneider G7000, [Siera G7000](/museum/siera-g7000/) and [Philips C52](/museum/philips-videopac-c52/) (only available in France).
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The system is powered by an Intel 8048 microcontroller and a Video Display Controller (VDC) generating all audio & video. This VDC, which is a custom Intel IC, can generate 4 different types of graphic objects: a background grid, single characters, quad characters (made of 4 single characters) and sprites. A maximum of 4 independent sprites can be displayed. There are monochrome and of 8 x 8 pixels in size. Of course the VDC can detect sprite collisions.
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The G7000 has 64 pre-defined characters (letters and graphic symbols) in memory. Up to 12 foreground characters can be displayed from this internal character set. Many games (especially early ones) used a lot those pre-defined characters: man walking, right arrow, slopes, tree, ships, plane and a ball.
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The flat membrane keyboard of the G7000 was a major selling point. It was meant to be used for game selection, educational games, programming, entering its name for hi-scores,etc. Apart from the game selection, it was hardly used.
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The Philips G7000 also provided assembly programming via the purchase of a program card although the actual input of your own code was rather long-winded and often ended in a complete reset being required...
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Though not as popular as the [Atari VCS](/museum/atari-vcs-2600/), or later [Mattel Intellivision](/museum/mattel-electronics-intellivision/) in the USA, the Videopac systems did very well in Europe where it was marketed by several different brands (Philips, Radiola, Schneider, Brandt, Siera, etc.). An enhanced system with high resolution background graphics was released a bit later as the **Philips G7400**.
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<table> <tr> <td></td> <td>We need more info about this console ! If you designed, used, or have more info about this system, please send us pictures or anything you might find useful.</td> <td></td> </tr> </table>
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